Rotherham Investment & Development Office - Communications
Connections By Road
South Yorkshire offers fast and easy road links to the rest of the UK, via the M1, M18 and M180 motorways, and the A1(M) road. Rotherham has six motorway junctions within the borough, offering unparalleled motorway transport access.
Distance to Central London: Up to 200 miles (Up to 3 hours)Distance to Birmingham: Up to 100 miles (Up to 2 hours)
Distance to Bristol: Up to 200 miles (Up to 3 hours)
Distance to Edinburgh: Up to 300 miles (Up to 5 hours)
Distance to Glasgow: Up to 300 miles (Up to 5 hours)
Distance to Leeds: Up to 50 miles (Up to 1 hour)
Distance to Leicester: Up to 75 miles (Up to 1.5 hour)
Distance to Liverpool: Up to 100 miles (Up to 2 hours)
Distance to Manchester: Up to 50 miles (Up to 1.5 hour)
Distance to Newcastle: Up to 150 miles (Up to 2.5 hours)
Distance to Sheffield: Up to 50 miles (Up to 1 hour)
Distance to Oxford: Up to 150 miles (Up to 3 hours)
Distance to Cambridge: Up to 150 miles (Up to 3 hours)
Connections By Rail
Rotherham Central Railway station provides direct train services to Sheffield, Doncaster, Leeds and York. Direct services to London are via nearby Sheffield and Doncaster.
The proposed tram/train system will also add tram connectivity to Sheffield.
Connections By Air
There are five airports within one hour`s drive of Rotherham: Manchester, East Midlands, Robin Hood Doncaster, Sheffield, Leeds Bradford and Humberside - all with European and worldwide connections.
Closest Airport: ManchesterFlights per week to Central London: 7 or more
Distance to Birmingham: Up to 75 miles (Up to 2 hours)
Distance to Manchester: Up to 50 miles (Up to 1.5 hour)
Connections By Freight Ports
The Humber Ports are the UK`s largest ports complex, and are located 58 miles away. They can be reached by motorway in just over 1 hour from the Rotherham area. The Liverpool ports are a 2 hour journey away. Both complexes serve a worldwide market for both export and import goods, and can handle a wide variety of cargoes, both wet and dry.
Rotherham also connects to these ports via the South Yorkshire Navigation Canal, enabling direct access for barges of up to an 800 tonne capacity.
Distance to Liverpool: Up to 150 miles (Up to 2 hours)
Broadband / ICT Facilities
Rotherham has good existing broadband access, with fibre optic facilities travelling alongside the motorway network that crosses the borough. Manvers, in the north of the borough, has a BT e-location infrastructure in place for local businesses, utilising fibre optics.
Additionally, there is the South Yorkshire Digital Region project, now underway. This - the first project of its kind in the UK - will offer next generation broadband for businesses and residents of the borough, with speeds of up to 100MB/s.
